Second Amendment, Right to Bear Arms; An Update

For those of you who are concerned about your Second Amendment right to bear arms, several important cases have been in the news lately: Nationally: The U.S. Supreme Court, in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of N.Y. (Apr. 27, 2020) __ U.S. __ [140 S. Ct. 1525; 206 L.Ed.2nd 798], wimped out, dismissing as “moot” a challenge to a State of New York statute and a City of New York ordinance, both of which prohibited the transporting of firearms outside the City of New York. No doubt seeing enforcement of these laws as a losing cause from a constitutional standpoint, both the State and the City amended their respective statutes to eliminate these restrictions. The U.S. Supreme Court, therefore, ruled that plaintiffs had already “received the outcome they desired from their lawsuit after the State of New York amended its firearm licensing statute when the City of New York amended the rule to allow permitted persons to lawfully transport firearms to a second home or shooting range outside of the city.” So, that’s the end of that issue. The Ninth Circuit and California: Federal Senior District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez ruled on April 23rd that California’s background check requirement as a prerequisite to purchasing ammunition violated the Second Amendment, and was thus unconstitutional. (See Rhode v. Becerra (S.D. Cal. Apr. 23, 2020) __ F.Supp.3rd __ [2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71893]; the so-called “Safety for All Act of 2016” (Prop. 63); and P.C. ....